The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SEPT. 28. —This afternoon her Majesty took her Accustomed airing in the Park. The Queen rode on horse back, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and attended by lord Torrington, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lady Forbes, Lady Portman, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The Baroness Lehzen, accompanied Lady Mary Stopford in a carriage airing. This morning the following distinguished visitors took their departure for town :—The Marquis and Marchioness of Cian ricarde, Count Pozzo di Borg°, and Sir Thomas and Lady Cartwright. Prince Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, and Count D'Aguilar arrived at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty:. With the exception of the above changes, the Royal dinner party this evening will be the same as yesterday. Tb Je Princess Augusta left Bagshot Park, when her Royal Highness has been staying on a visit to the Duchess of 'Glou cester, on Thursday, for her residence, Frogmore Lodge. Her Royal Highness, attended by Lady Mary Pelham, came to town yesterday from Frogmore, and visited the Queen Dowager; the Princess partook of a dejeuner at Marlborough souse, and, after taking leave of her 'Majesty, left town on her return to Frogmo re L o d ge . Viscount Palmerston left town on Thursday afternoon, on his return to 'Windsor Castle. The Rev. T. Bisset and Mr. Nicolson had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Scarlett and Mr. Saa had also interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday. Despatches from Lord W. Russell, at Berlin, were received yesterday, at the Foreign Office. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Last night this theatre closed for the season. At the end of The Devil's Opera, Mr. Baker, the stage manager, delivered the following farewell address, which during the delivery and at its conclusion was honoured with great applause : " Ladies and Gentlemcn,—lf custom did not make a few words at parting necessary, the deep sense entertained of the kindness of the public towards us would render some acknow ledgment imperative. True, we cannot boast of a very pro ductive season, but we have the satisfaction of feeling that we Lave done all in our power to deserve one; for since the open ing of the theatre, July 2, we have offered to your notice nine new productions, an d a ll success f u ll y ; an d i t may not be ceemed improper to add, that we are gratified at having been the means of introducing to your notice a young and native artist,n Mr. G. M'Fnrrcn, th e success f u l com p oser o f Th e Devils Opera. " We have had two formidable opponents to contend with fashion and the weather—the one has been too cold, and the ether too hot for us. "Ina few d a y s our li tt l e repu bli c w ill b e broken up acid ;disperse hut the recollection of the kindness we have re ceived Ana'`es a comm un ity w ill b e gratefully remembered. Sister An d brother performers, and my own, permit most resp'stetfully, to bid you farewell !" 44During its short career this little dramatic republic has v ery many diffic u lti es t o con t e nd with ; hot and fine vaesather have been no sm a ll impediments to its success; nor d" ballooning" or the " lions" promoted in the remotest egree i ts attractions. Notwithstanding, however, that laihion," as the address admits, " has been too cold," and " the weather too hot," it has contrived to struggle through ;I not profitably at least not discreditably—nine new pcces, none of th em unsuccessful the shortness of the season consideredti), bearine• the fairest testimony to the activity of e ma nagement. 'Before we conclude this no;ie it would ue unfai r to the munificent liberality of Mr. C. Kean not to 111 f0 7 11 tien that on being applied to to perform for a night or two L .r B the benefit of the community, he expressed his regret at Z e inability to do so, owing to his previous engagements, at .41Same time accompanying . the expression of his regret with Lso.li‘d token of its sincerity in the shape of a 1001. cheque, of "'nen he requested their acceptance. ADELAIDE.—We are enabled to state l'°aitively that her Maj es ty h as no t, an d never h a d , any i nten- Pu to visit Lisbon during her absence for this country. The Queen will go direct to Gibraltar ; and, having remained depart ure a f ew d ays, w ill procee d to M a l ta. H er Majesty ' s 'Leparture for Portsmouth, which was originally fixed f or aonday, w ill no t p ro b a bly t a k e pl ace till - Friday nex t, as le preparations on board the Hastings are not yet corn \Pteted. Her Majesty, it is expected will sleep on that night 4t the residence of Sir Philip Durham, the Port Admiral ; 411, 1 on the following morning a steam-vessel will be in at to I ,:idatice to convey her Majesty to the Hastings.—Morning The Duke and Duchess of Somerset are expected at town in the course of next week, and their Graces after- Va rds proceed to Scotland. His Gr ace th e D u k e o f Norfolk was expected a t Arundel Castle in the present week. The Duke of Stack proceeds to Paris in tee day s . p T he Marqui s an d M arc hioness of Salisbury left tArlington-ofstree Wei ear on Thursday morniag, to be present at Duk e llin i t y rt n's rand dinner the same evening.at 14,hir;asl:atiace.itenrci:yaastle to Cer ° Roy g al Highness the Princess Sophia. custinguished party of the nobility and gentry resident in sv d e a r y e invited to meet her Royal Highness, who, as or two ago, continues in the enjoyment of P r° reti health since her residence on the coast. T he Earl and Countess of Albemarle have been kei ng Company during the week at the Royal Stud House, L arn l 3 ton Court. Viscount and Viscountess Falkland were lease the visitant. On Monday next the Noble Earl will ',ease for ' Newmark - et, and thence proceed to his seat Sidden 'Mtn Hall, Norfolk, 4 ,, The letters received yesterday in Grosvenor-square, 4 ..•"" ), ti Knowsley, state that the Earl of Dsrby was going on 44vouriblv A newly-invented garden-chair, for invalids, has 1) ,eell ;eta' d . ow%, in which, when the weather permits, his Lord- In iP is wheni.ed through the park and domain. The P,arl of Surrey, wh o h a d b een on a visit to her 'ciriesty at Windsor Castle, joined the Countess and family on • esday at Li tt lehampton. h e i I he Ea r l and Countess of Craven and th e i r i n f an t ti,' leave to-day for Cornbe Abbey, Warwickshire. A dis semhiished party of noble relatives and friends will be as ee—rou'eri shortly at the Abbey on the occasion of the baptismal g l . l nrlY taking place. th e IV Stephen Glynne, Bart., the Dowager Lady, and Mines Glynne will pass the winter at Naples. . . a fashior. and Mrs. Belli)) , Thompson are entertaining SIZE nable party at Escrick Park, near York. kit It IFFS' FAREWELL DINNER.—On Thursday ei r Hotel,eifeis donl ?oge C up ar o r:ll and Sir islcses Montefiore, at the Claren t - s e lect `",e L , ord going out of office. Amongst the Sheriff sci ; tee late F.tieriff; Mayor Alderman Thomas W ood, S , Sir James Duke and John Johnson, 4;.4;fist, Common j Sergeant, Secondary Potter, Unidemr tad ti r i-aanard and Wire, Under-Sheriffs elect L i angiatag ee l i, Mr. Firtb, Mr. hisleton, Mr. Staight, Ar. ,_ Mon teseri,,t‘a The dinner was magnificent and costly beyond ati " 00 . The Sheriff's Farewell Dinner is a matter of ra„, a l e !, new appointment. l 'all t Z u Y Clifford left town on Wednesday, and on the :::::thne:;l4;.re hlalpep ,Cat ;in n g,daY Sir Augustus Clifford and the family for the happy to establishment has been broken up, W intending to remain five or six months abroad. . to state, that Lord Rolle . is going opell rt.loularly well ; his Lordship has taken exercise in the h us a . atr Chl several times durinm the cadent, and experiences i t ;', a ittl e i 1 , neo nvenienee from the ahe met with, though `enroa• - , c ' t as yet allowed to use the left arm.—Dorset y km . 4 40 el les, unru Deerhurst still lies in a lingering and hope -1,,,—(i,!-:::Worcester Journal, Thursday. 0 4 , 1/ 4 wdl Y i C harlotte Copley arrived in town yesterday, - th e l e ave this day for Windsor Castle, to go into waiting L - ueer. as Lad •of the Bedchamber to her Majesty. tie, t.°l4 Clive and ) family have returned to Powis Cas- C: r tn a tour on the coast. 'lear N 4 and Lady Suffield arrived at Gunton Park, the ne x t on Wednesday last. . 4 Oe - , H oward de Walden leaves Welbeck Priory in Til a e . Lek, for Audley-square.. %se laaarquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde re i eti to . t r t'al 1 , , their mansion in St. James's square las r t , evening li is , 10 ° Isit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Ihe i ar aeaea'a to and suite will embark at Sheerness on ZeirlieaeltlYe, Thursday next, but it is not yet d s e . c . ide_d itq w ue e , sea sacly fitted trer they will proceed in her Majasty .. s . !up r . o out for their reception, or in the Struts steam ,: Th e "" Ili & ~ aarquis of Lansdowne has arrived at Dalgelly, T h Qt.& to I 3 owood Park, from Dublin. air. he alarciiii ,y,'tillie sof Twee - ddale has been on a visit to )3 .1, h e N,,,, efpochfour, in Inverness-shire. eau, 1 , “lar qu i, wiesert, in Staffordshire. and Marchioness of Anglesey are at tz ' r I t le e , Ea rl of Shelburne leaves Dublin in a few days Th e ""ne House. t v ehi i , n , ,Earl Bruce leaves town this morning for Tot itN4'l4Cl•• rar k , in Wiltshire. Early in the * ensuing week his r;laP__Will attend a meeting of the yeomanry, and shortly tak e ,. ' "lidless Th." T e,e(l on a shooting excursion to Scotland. ia ~ ton i n B , 0 of Gordon having disposed of her Qeotiatd. eigrave-square, London, intends to reside wholly th.tOrd 1, , • ,i t w rule's Egerton was expected in Aberdeen k ' Qr eel') an d was to visit King's College, of which he is . Dr 4 Recto ° Pos , r, on the 24th instant. The iaduates and alumni t"t eu 10'744 g address ‘f •on- E til at i on upon the Noble Lord with an c a Ord i sinv erness Courier. me ar T i hofe,vieu i r t il z eevte,inl 1 a i _a t 1 n .H a a d n d ( 0 1 H his o son us e. have been visiting the ic ,➢tn en 4 Kof ttichasond, with a large party of No -4,,,,Y the nal Gentlemen, left Gordon Castle last week, to en. ` - 'ouri er. sPort of d eer -stalking at Glenfiddich.—lnverne ss ,rild:::),_ steam -vessels were despatched out to sea last I_l•':lo,:sey4j:elsn :it:lT:bat °; f they ye vessels which were hourly expected succeeded in capturing four, towbirceh Lt th eir .... :a.b a led to bring into Grimiby soon eT , 1' ,, ,, , 1.1 .1:,, ~_ 4 47, 4 ae of d i "" . iat the Custorn.housa in tap, .0 , • t s t• , z „ "mte rtiier utlty (I s. Ad . --• per qr.) ul:on their cargoes.—Hull . nat COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. SEPT. 22, 11 A. M.—Rubycutter,: Rowland Mitchell, Esq., from Bri4hton ; light breeze, S. W. 1 A.m.—Emerald cut ter, J. L. Symonds, Esq., from Southampton. Came into harbour to lay up for the season. 23, 930 A. M. —Crusader schooner, Robert Meiklam, Esq., from Dublin. Light Breeze, S. W. 24, 2 P.M.—Kestrel cutter, Co.nmodore Earl of Yar borough, from the eastward. Fresh breeze E. N. E., and rain. 27, C.P.M.—Amazon cutter, Captain George Keane, from Dublin. SAILINGS. SEPT. 25, at noon.—Columbine cutter, J. 11. Smith Barry, Esq., for Ireland. Light breeze, S. S. E. 27, at noon.—Crusader schooner, Robert Melklam, Esq., for London ; fresh breeze, N. N. E. ; returned on the 28th. Sparrowhawk cutter, Edward Heneage, Esq., M. P., for Brighton. 1 ACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Cutters.—Kestrel, Vampire, Elizabeth, Mary, Albatross, Forrest Fly, Sapphire, Union, Giulia, Fanny, Blue-eyed Maid, and Ruby. Schooners.—Harriet aad Mischief. SOUTHAMPTON. —Our Railway has not been lost sight of by our neighbours of Portsmouth, who taking advantage of it, have started a coach which runs to and from London in the same day. Persons going by it have five hours to spare in town, and arc then able to return home in the evening. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28, 1838. In Ilarbour-13ritannia,120, flag ship; Victory, ?,04, ordinary guard ship ; Excellent, gunnery ship ; Royal George, Yacht ; Pantaloon, 10; Actaeon, 9 6 ; Orestes, 18 ; Clio, 18 ; Meteor, steam vessel ; Messenger, steam transport ; and tenders Fanny, and Gossamer. In Dock—Not anything in commission. In Basin—Racer, ordered to be commissioned. At Spithead—Hastings, 74, ready to receive the Queen Dowager; Pique, 36, on particular service ; Edint urgh, 74, for Mexico; and Cleopatra, 28, to accompany the Marquis of Cla:ir:carde to Cronstadt. ARRIVALS, TAILINGS, &c., DURING THE WEEK. Oil SATURDAY, 22—Arrived the Clio, 18, from Barcelona, and sailed the Gipsey, tender, with supernumeraries fur the River. On SUNDAY, 23, the Clio came into harbour for paying off, and Cleopatra, 28, arrived from the South American sta tion, with 1,600,000 dollars on merchants' account. On TUESDAY, 25, Rear- Admiral Superintendent Bouverie re-hoisted his flan) after six weeks' leave of absence, and Pique, 3G, arrived at Spithcad from Sheerness. On WEDNESDAY, the. Apollo, troop ship, sailed for Cork, towed out of harbour by Messenger. Arrived—The Pluto, steam vessel, with supernumeraries, from the eastward, and sailed the same day for the West Indies, via Plymouth ; also arrived the Meteor, steam transport, from Plymouth. On THURSDAY, 27, the Hastings went out of harbour to Spithead, towed by the Messenger, steam transport; and Magicienne, 24, paid off into ordinary. The Queen Dowager will embark on Tuesday next, everything being now ready for her reception. Actmon's orders for attending the Ambassador to Cronstadt have been countermanded. Pique, 36, it is now said, will accompany the Hastings ; but the changes made by the Admiralty of late have been so many, and in ail cases so unexpected, that little reliance can be placed on anything. lidiz:burgh, Actmon, and Orestes, are to proceed to Mexico, and Racer, for the commissioning of which orders have now been clown for a week, still remains in the 13iv=in without the pendent having been heisted. Poor S:r Pulteney Malcolm having, it appears, expressed a wish that some part of his pet ship the Britannia should be in the possession of his relation., a canine from that ship has been removed during the present week, for the purpose of being converted, it is said, into picture frames. 0 i t cl' sober lar ge.. Irro er ! l o sui te I f tocil ° the i 0• Of ti►e half of ell ' r. An it, or fi ery g un' les Ch ar 5 a ted : f au t o , airP i c Pe nt, 0 the ca Mr by .;`"t„fort) tonicfrt , tbe ~ [lO O ' , i v e . cl , A tl i 0, 63 iv ; ,27 6 ' ' ~l a m es dicf);bo r st o tlir e io ° niaY O bes ut if " 'pro ) 01 0, ng " '` • ach repr c h s u s ., th 0f e tlire,c°l 3v°111.' .0 ;aniti b al ing of c o ae f s uc „ to b° pe rsons lou t ( ' be 1 inal lt pa k 1 suc fivil bts ' II it `lB5 IRELAND. (FRONT OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) • TILE IRISH POOR• LA WS•—CURIOUS DISCOVERY. -The statement which appeared, I believe, originally in the London Papers, and has been since extensively copied, that Mr. Vaughan had been appointed an Assistant Commissioner of Poor-laws, has been officially contradicted. He is a very young gentleman, and had no claims on so responsible an office. The person realv appointed is understood to be Mr. Senior, son of the English Master in Chancery of that name. The Irish expoctants are wild at the appointment of a fifth English man, and vow vengeance on the Government for overlooking their claims. A curious announcement has just been made by a Dublin Barrister. He states that Poor-law Unions cannot be legally formed in cities or towns, as the clause distinctly and solely specifies " townlands." If this be true, little can be done till Parliament meets again, which event the necessity for amendment in the Act would be likely to hurry. ANTI-TITHE MEETINGS.—THE NEW AGITATION...-.The anti-tithe movement is becoming more marked and powerful every day. On Sunday a most numerous meeting was held in the county Galway, at which resolutions deprecating every attempt to continue the system under change of name, were unanimously adopted. On the same clay a meeting took place in another province (at Johnswell, county Kilkenny), %here similar resolutions were carried by acclamation. Meetings have also been held at Ballykine, county Mayo, and in Donegal, during the present week, of the same character; and the Castlebar Telegraph of this day brings a requisition for a meeting of six parishes in another division of Mayo, on the ith of the ensuing month. Meantime the Precursor Society is spreading its branches abroad. On Sunday a meet_ in.- is to take place at Clonmcl, fur the formation of a local Society ; and a meeting for a similar purpose is fixed for an early day at Lady's Island, county Wexford. Funds are com ing from England ; the Secretary has received the names and subscriptions of thirty members from Huddersfield. Mr. O'Connell's fourth letter has not been yet received, but is daily expected in town. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardeners' Gazette.) Preparations may now be made for removing trees and shrubs, and forming new plantations. Shrubberies may be thinned out where the plants have be come too large and close—the removal of some to give air and room to others. Most operations in the kitchen garden proceed as before. Where there are alterations or ground work to be made, it is well to trench the whole space, and level it before beds arc marked out, or turf laid. Box edgings may be formed, and shrubberies planted. Propagate the China kinds of roses by cutting off the young wood. _ All greenhouse plants not yet removed to their winter houses and pits, should be provided with temporary covering of some kind. Plant out cauliflowers for protection under hand•glasses. Continue to turn the compost for Tulips. Keep Auriculas from too much wet and sun. Plant the pipings of Pinks which are struck into beds. The sooner stove and greenhouse plants are in their winter laces the better. We learn from the Inverness Courier, that Mr, AV Kenzie, the Member for Ross-shire, was entertained by some twenty or thirty Tory lairds, and a score or two of hungry, and easily driven tenants, at a dinner in Tain on the 24th inst. The burden of the song was as usual, the purity of Conserva tive principles—the depravity of the Whigs—the recklessness of the Radicals, and a superfluous quantum of religious hypo crisy and cant. The great gun of the party was Mr. Ross of Rossie, better known as a sportsman than a politician, and more relied upon for a steady certainty of aim when game is in view than temper or judgment when bellowing about politics, and the stability of the " Kirk." The dinner took place in the Court House, which was ornamented for the occasion with some splendid deers' heads, stuffed and preserved, with antlers of the most magnificent description—said to be the largest in Europe—which had been shot by Mr. Ross in Hungary. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.—Extract of a letter from a distinguished and experienced naval officer, describ ing his passage to Antwerp and back in the Rainbow steam ship --" Underneath I give you the times we were abreast of t4.places marked against each, premising we started in the Rainbow from Blackwell, Sunday, the 16th instant, at two minutes past one p.m. Passed Gravesend, 2.18, being 22 miles, in one hour 16 minutes ; the Nore, 3.44 ; Margate, 5.44 ; Ostend Light, bearing E. by S., 10.25 ; Flushing, 1.25. Took a pilot on board, and anchored for nearly three hours ; at five wont fairly a-head again, and got up to Ant werp between nine and ten in the morning. On our return, we started Wednesday, 19th, from Antwerp, at 12 minutes past noon, passed the different places as under :—Ostend Light, bearing S. S. W., 6.12 ; North Foreland, 11.10; Margate, 11.15 ; Nore, 1.12 ; Gravesend, 3.3 ; stopped 11 minutes, and arrived alongside Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, 5.13 ; making the passage, upwards of 210 miles, in 16 hours and 50 minutes. She is perfectly easy, and has the least tre mulous motion of any steamer I was ever in, and it is a curi ous fact, that both in going and returning there was not one ease of sea-sickness on board, although there was sufficient mo tion to have caused it to some in any other vessel. But there is not the slightest smell either from the bilge water or from the engines." REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE.—On Thursday the half-yearly meeting of the Directors of this benevolent institution was held at the City of London Tavern, E. Forster, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Serles, superintendant of the male refuge, Heaton, read the Report. Duringthe past six months 29 males were received into the institution from the several prisons; 10 were apprenticed, 10 emigrated to Upper Canada, 15 without permission, 1 was discharged, 2 died, 6 were dismissed as incorrigible, and l returned to his family—leaving 90 male inmates. Of the females 44 were received from the different prisons ; 22 were provided with situations, 3 were restored to their friends, 7 left at their own request, 3 were sent away as unsuitable on accoui , t of bad health, 2 went to an hospital, 1 to the Penitentiary, Fenton vine, and 2 to the Magdalen Asylum—leaving on the female refuge 61 individuals. The receipts were 4,036/. ss. Bd., and the di s b ursements 3,8651. 9 s . sd. Th e R e p or t acknow ilneocogrepdoraalteinzgacy of 1001., bequeathed by the late Mrs. Ilayton, !)f ; it als.stated that as A‘.:t was in progress for the Society, and which would enable them to hold lands to the value of 10,000/. sterling. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1838. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. EDINBURGH.--.We are informed by Sir Edward Lees, Secre tary of the Post-office in Scotland, that on the 3d of October the London mail will arrive in Edinburgh at four minutes be fore six o'clock in the morning, and that the north mail will ba despatched from our Post-office at a quarter before seven o'clock.—Scotsman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You will render a material service not only to the public but to the proprietors of the establishment to which this letter refers, if you will notice in your popular Journal the abuses and irregularities of which lam about to complain. I have had occasion lately to travel more than once by the Lon don and Birmingham Railroad ; and never did I witness before such scenes of confusion, irregularity, and inattention, in tra velling, as came under my observation on those occasions. Take one instance : GLASGOW. —The London mail will arrive in Glasgow on the 3d of October at 5. 24 A.M. The mails to Greenock and the Highlands will be sent as soon as possible after its arrival. The mail to London will be despatched on the 30th of Septem ber at 7. 10. P.m. The mails to and from Ireland, Perth, and Edinburgh will not be altered, Letters to the north by the line through Perth, Inverness, Thurso, &c., wIl b e i n t i me till 10 p.m. The mail to an d fro m Liverpool and M anc h ester will not be alt ere d.—Gl asgow Chromed!. BRISTOL. —We have been favoured with the following noti fication from the Post-office :—On and after the Ist of Octo ber next, the Birmingham mail will lee dispatched from Bristol at 58 minutes past 4 r. M. ; and will arrive at B r i stol, on and after th e 2d of O c t o b er , a t three minutes past 9 A.M. On and from the 2d of October next, the Exeter mail will be despatched from Bristol at 30 minutes past 9 A. M. , an d w il l arrive at Bristol at five minutes past 6F. M. On and from the 2d of October next the Southampton mail will be despatched from Bristol at 40 minutes past 9 A.M., and will arrive 'at Bristol at two minutes past 4 P.M. On and from the 2d `of October next the Shepton Mallet and Wells mail will be de spatched from Bristol at 30 minutes past 9A. :11. , and will ar rive at Bristol at 30 minutes past 4 e. se—Bristol Gazette. THE MAlLS. —October 1.--The London mail to this town will arrive at 7 in the morning, and the Irish mail will imme diately be forwarded on to Holyhead, so as to land passengers in Dublin about midnight, instead of 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, as at present. The mail from this town to London will leave about 7 o'clock in the evening. Arrangements are in progress for carrying the mail to Aberystwith through this town, by which letters will be delivered in AberystwitVat 3in the afternoon instead of 10 at night, as at present. The Pool and Newtown mail will then be merged into the Aberyst with ; and will leave Shrewsbury on the arrival of the London mail in the morning, returning in time to send all Welsh let ters by mail to London the same evening. The mail to Wem and Whitehurch will leave Shrewsbury at half-past 7 o'clock in the morning, and return in time foe the London mail at night.—Skrewsbursl Chronicle. On Sunday last I was at Watford, and, wishing to get to town early that evening, I inquired at the station there what trains were to pass through, and was informed that an up train from Birmingham would arrive there at half-past six o'clock, and would reach London soon after eight o'clock. I accord ingly, with many others who acted upon similar information, hastened from the inn where I dined to the station, a distance of nearly a mile, and arrived there at the hour named; bur, so far from the train making its appearance at that time, it did not arrive until more than half-past seven o'clock; and thus f a n - e m r , e d c upwards of n respectability) oe hundred persons u detained in e e r d s t s above (many ao an hour, ho f r t 1 , 1 e m m a st delicate unne cessarily and improperly—huddled together in a cold stone paved t yard,e rain. wire on asvciet,darse, had they arynigh beent,aiid but properly part istr ial n lys u h a el ta te i r ed from has to the hour, they might have remained comfortably at Watford during that time. When at length the train did arrive, the conduct of the policemen belonging to the establishment, who were placed at the gate leading to the train from the yard in which the passengers stood, was most culpably partial. It was stated that the number of passengers already occupying tl.e carriages of the train from Birmingham, &c., was so large that it was doubtful if many of those waiting at Watford could be accommodated at all; and this suspense led to a severe pressure towards the gate, which was kept locked-_ each person anxious to have the first chance for a seat. In this emergency what was the conduct of the police ? Why, instead of opening the gate freely and impartially for all alike.—or if there was to be any favouritism on such an occasion, admitting first those ladies in the crowd who were suffering severely from the pressure, and of which pre ference no one would complain—instead of pursuing either of these proper courses, they adopted the very unfair one of selecting from the crowd certain persons (all men) known to themselves, and admitted them through the gate to the exclu sion of those who stood before them, in order that they might have an undue priority in obtaining seats—and amongst this privileged few was the parson of the parish. The gate, at last opened after a further delay of about twenty minutes from the arrival of the train, each person was left to scramble along by the side of the carriages, and seek for a seat as he or she could in the dark. I say in the dark, for the only guide was the wretched glimmering of a miserable lamp carried before by a man, who led us through a mass of mire in the unfinished road, and who at every step gave the agreeable caution to take care we did not tumble into a slough or get entangled in the train, by the side of which we had to pass for more than a quarter of a mile in that dismal state. How many succeeded in procuring seats ultimately, or how many did not, I cannot say, but I know that, although I was myself successful, I would rather have paid double the amount of fare, which by the Ivey is most exorbitant (4s. 6d. for seventeen miles), to have stopped where I was at Watford, than have encountered the horrors of such a conveyance, which, with all my anxiety to reach town early, did not enable me to get home until past ten o'clock, instead of eight o'clock as I had been informed. Arrived at the Station at Euston-square, the scene of confu sion amongst about 400 passengers, as I understood the num ber to be, is not to be described in scrambling for their lug igssat the confusion ncsoTnwhfhueesrireoet:ieaetm passerße d irgra t e o irus b g e hha t a o l: system, arrangement, or regu larity, a ue m r qc heu t seuud s l cp () lnal aobsal little t toi o ti a e lt n tnac a ebl b irst i ve e i any n y succeed a s s e n in g e r doingt find so his. Similar,o anal to too, is comforts t 'tl'skdid any one ever experie*rtioac engdestuact out. a h a l l miscalculationNt Now, Sir, t s t e i r r, m l e e d t i m a ' ,:) e ef all interests, systematic tae a convenience,l-rangem ent, andand inattention passengers in ho: se coach travelling ? I venture to say not. I therefore confidently assert, that unless those evils, and many others that I could name, wore I not anxious to cur tail this letter, be corrected, so far from the establishment of railroads being a great public convenience, they will become a great public nuisance ' and will give cau se f or regret t h at t h e generation of horses has given way to the generation of steam. Sept. 26, 1838. W. B. B. T b .a.-3 lately The Convent de de A Ste C . llCllLaiDre,KaltLDLoEmpbesitfes.AEaCux.A2 theatre of a catastrophe which has plunged a highly respect able family into the deepest grief by the loss of a beloved child, and created a deep symp a thy among t h e inhabitants of that part of the country—as much, indeed, from the melan choly nature of the circumstance itself as from the unexam ',led canner in which it took place. Monsieur and Madame B— had placed their only child, a beautiful girl of ten years of age, in the above-mentioned convent, conducted by Ursa line nuns, during several years, and enjoying a high reputa tion as an establishment for female education. The unfortu nate child, Louise 13-____, it appears,had incurred the punish ment of the cachot, or prison —the usual mode of correction adopted in Fre:Tit schools, and was in consequence shut up in the pl ice used for that purpose. It was observed that the moment the door was closed upon the child heightened to a remarkable degree, but no particular import ance was attached to the circumstance, and she was left in the cachot, situated at the bottom of the garden, and at such a distance from the house that her cries were inaudible to the inmates. About an hour after the had been child shut up a violent knocking was heard at the outer gate of the convent, which being opened, a labouring man, who happened to be conducting a cart along the road, which passes near the pre mises, presented himself, and in an authoritative tone deman ded " whom they were murdering in the convent ?" adding that he had distinctly heard the sighs and groans of a dying person proceeding from the premises at the bottom of the garden, and insisted on knowing the cause. The nuns imme diately explained to the man the fact of the child's imprison ment, and assured him that his imagination had attached more importance to the matter than was necessary. The man never theless insisted upon seeing the child, and the nuns were ulti mately compelled by his positive and determined air to accede to his request, and they had no sooner arrived at the spot where the child was confined than the convulsive sobs and faint sighs which struck their ears excited apprehensions for her safety. The door was immediately opened, when a spectacle of incliscribable horror presented itself. The unhappy child lying was o n the ground in a state of the most agonising con vulsions, and a cat employed in tearing away the flesh from her neck and face I Every effort was had recourse to in order to save the life of the child, but such was the nature of the wounds inflicted on the neck and face of the unhappy sufferer that she expired three days after the event, in a state of the most horrid delirium. It is supposed that the cat, which happened to be shut up with the child, became in the . first in s t ance f r i g h tened by its screams, an d subse q uently infur:ated.—Bon Sens. THE BABOON SHEPHERD.--The Narnaquas said that, not long man el ago, a l •brought. up a young baboon, and had made it his shepherd. It remained by the flock all day in the field, and at night drove it home to the kraal, ,riding on the back of one of the goats, which brought up the rear. The baboon had the milk of one goat allowed to it, and it sucked that one only, and guarded the milk of the others from the children. It also got a little meat from its master. It held the office of shepherd for twelve moons, and then was unfortunately killed in a tree by a leopard.—Sir James Alex ander's Expedition of Discover? into Africa. As the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Mey-• rick, of Auberies, near Sudbury, was riding a spirited pony on Sunday se'nnight, she was by some accident thrown from her seat, and her foot becoming entangled, the young lady was d a considerable distance before she 1- dragge could be released from her perilous situation. Medical aid was promptly pro cured, and no serious injury has been sustained.—Bury Herald. THE RUSSIAN NA VY.—licturnlng to Sebastopol, we visited the harbou r, re p uted to be one of the largest and most commodious in the world. Six first-rate men-of-war, and some smaller ones, were reposing on the calm surface of the water, while others were engaged in performing the duties of a quarantine and smuggling cordon. Everything be spoke action and enterprise. On one side numerous labourers were engaged in levelling the solid rock, the natural . fortifica tion of the country ; on the ether, engineers were erecting artificial defences, of colossal magnitude ; and, on a third, the g diligent construction of " wooden walls," rivalliur , Britannia's boast, seemed to intimate that thisnorthern 'b d inland power, as if anxious to cutstcp the bounds ' assigned to her by Providence, had resolved to acquire a dominion over the sea, co-extensive with the vast expanse of her territory on land. —Elliott's Travels. APPALLING INCIDENT IN SWITZERLAND —A in party of e l even travellers fio B h . Berne, belonging to e most distinguished families there, arrived at Arth on the 2d of Sep tember, and set off cn fee' for the Right few • i , a minutes before the catastrophe• Seven s 4 of them had got about 200 yards a Lead—the other four saw them entering the village of Golden, and one of the latter, 1. 11 1 r. R. Jenner, pointing out to the rest the summit of the Rossberg (full four miles off in a straight line), where some strange commotion seem e d taking place, which they themselves (the four behind) were observing with a telescope, and had entered into conversation on the subject with some strangerske f just come up ; when, all at once, a flight of stones, cannon-balls,li traversed their air above their heads ; a c l oud o dust obscured the valley, a frightful noise was hea r d. They fled ! As soon an the obscurity was so far dissipated as to make objects discernible, they sought their friends, but the • - village of Goldau had under a heap of stones and rubbish 100 feet in height, and the whole valley presented nothing bat a perfect chaos !-- hand .Book for Switzerland. LADY BI had on Tuesday last a most formidable invasion of this beautiful insect—they were here, there, and everywhere; indeed, so much so, that the parish engines as well as private ones were called in requisition with tobacco-fumigated water, to attack and disperse them. The clothes of the magistrates and others attending the Town Hall, at Farringdon, were completely covered with them, as well as the walls of t h e houses. —Reading .illercury.—[Surely the parish engines did not play upon their worships the Magistrates.] On Mond ay n i g h t a lengthene d i nqu i ry too k place in King William.street, Strand; before the Coroner for West minster, relative to the death of a bookbinder, named Kelly, aged 23. It appeared from the evidence that, about three weeks ago, deceased had been bitten severely in the finger by a strange terrier dog, the tail of which lie, being at the time sornewl.at intoxicat, d, bad pinched as he passed it in the street. He had merely poniticea the wound, and tho u g ht little morn o f the mAtter. On Thursday night symptoms of hydrophobia appeared, and increased till Sunday night, when he died.—Verdict accordingly. SPORTING INT ELLIGENCE. HEATON PARK MEETING.— TNURSD4r. A Piece of Gold Plate, presented by the Right lion. the Earl of Eglinton, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. ; for two yrs old, 70.•21b ; and three yrs, 9st ; the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger, 121bs. and the second 71bs. extra; winners previous to startin7, .31b ; and a winner of the Champagne or 20 sox's. Two yrs old' Stakes at Doncaster, in 1838, 71b. extra. Maiden three yrs old allowed 51b. No horses to carry more than one extra weight. Winners of any of the York, Liverpool, or Newton two yrs old Stakes in 183 S, bibs. extra. Mares and geld i ncr ' s allowed 3 1 bs. T. Y. C. 16 Subs. Mr. Ogden's br. c. Harpurhey, 3 yrs Calloway 1 Mr. Price's eh. f. Zillah, 3 vrs 2tol on Zillah. Won cleverly. Handicap Plate of 100 sovs., given by the Earl of Wilton, for horses of all denominations. Once round and a distance. _ Lord Stanley's ch. c. Amurath, 6 yrs, lOst. 71b ..Lord Wilton 1 Lord Howth's b. h. Emu, 6 yrs, lOst. 71b Mr. Worthington's b. c. Northendon, 3 yrs, Bst. 71b Mr. S. King's b. c. Vernal, 4 yrs, 10st 4 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. M‘Do nagh's b. h. The Sluggard (late Young Napoleon), 5 yrs, lOst. 31b ; and Mr. James's b. c. Jim Crow, 4 yrs, 9st. 71b. Betting—Even on Amurath, 15 to 6 agst Vernal, and 4 to 1 agst Emu. Won by half a neck. Fifty Pounds, given by " The Club," added to a Sweepstakes of one soy. each for the second. Heats, A.F. Mr. S. King's b. c. Vernal, 4 yrs, 10st. 91b Mr. Kent 1 1 Lord Eglinton's bl. h. The 131ack Diamond, 5 yrs, 1 Ist. 11Th 5 2 Mr. Bell's ch. f. Golden Drop, 4 yrs, 103 t. 121 b 4 3 Mr. James's b. c. Jim Crow, 4 yrs, 9st. 121 b 2 dr Mr. Kent's b. c. Anvil, 4 yrs, 9.A. 12Th Betting—First heat, 2 to 1 agst Black Diamond, 5 to 2 agst Golden Drop, 3to 1 agst Vernal. Won easy.—Second heat, even on Vernal. Won by a head. HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S RACES. THURSDAY. The Town Plate of 301. Heats, twice round. Mr. Boreham's br. g. Pumpkin, aged, 9st. 61b ... Hornsby 2 1 1 Mr. 13alchin's b. m. Sl t ng, aged, 9st. llb Mr. Bond's b. f. by Reveller, out of Alive, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b 3 3 3 Three well contested heats. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 sous. added from the Fund, Mile and a half heats. 5 Subs. Mr. Bacon's ch. g. Sir Felix, 6 yrs, 9st. Blb Higgins 4 1 1 Mr. Shelly's ch. f. Gold, by Priam, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b Mr. Shepherd's b. f. Maid of the Mill, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1 4 3 Mr. Cassidy's br. f. Maid of Hertford, 3 yrs, ist. 91b 2 0 dr Mr. Kent's b. f. Wimple, 3 y rs , 7 s t. llb A good race. UTTOXETER RA CES.—MoNnAr; The Town Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. 5 Subs. . Mr. Wahnsley's Catamaran, aged, Bst. I 11b...T. White house Mr. Wascoe's Swainby, 5 yrs, 9st. 51b Mr. Ronald's Ariel, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b 2 3 dr Mr. Brindley's Emily, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b 5 4 dr Mr. Carter's Creusa, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b A good race. The Netherwood Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 sovs. added to a sum not execedieg 50 curs. for horses not thorough-bred. Heats, twice round. Mr. Thompson's Woodman, aged, lOst. 121 b ...Arthur, jun. 1 1 Mr. Campbell's Lavinia, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b 2 2 Five others started. Won cleverly. TUESDAY. The Ladies' Purse, added to Subscriptions of 3 sovs. each, and 20 sovs. from the Fund. Heats, twice round and a distance. Alr. llowell's Theano, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b Mr. Carter's Creusa, 4 yrs, 7st. 121 b Mr. Ronald's Ariel, 6 yrs, Bst. 131 b 1 1 3 2 2 3 . . Two other; strted. This race is disputed. The Hurdle Race Sweepstakes, with 20 sons. added to a sum not exceeding 50 sovs. ; heats, twice round and a distance ; w ere won in three heats by Mr. llodgson's The Lady, 6 yrs, 12st. 101 b., beating two others. IV OLD RACE S.—Tv EsvAr. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, for horses not thorough-bred. Mile and a half heats. 7 Subs. Mr. Williamson na. b. g. by Langar .........Mr. Sirdefield 1 1 Mr. R. J. Mostyn na. ch. m. Ha-riet 3 2 Sir E. Mostyn's ch. g. Warwick . The following also started, but were not pl ace d :—Mr. Holland's Harriet, Mr. J. Jones's King Arthur, and b. g. Deception. Won by a length. A Sweepstakes of 3 SOYI. each, and 25 added, for Gallovvays, mile heats, were won in two heats by Mr. Kerfoot's ch. m. Gine via, beating two others. OSWESTRY RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Oswestry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added front the Fund. Mile and a half. Sir T. Stanley's crr. f. Violet, 4 yrs, ist. 131 b W. Lund 0 1 Mr. Marlow's ch. f. Fairy, 4 yrs, Sst. 71b 0 2 Mr. 0. Gore's eh. c. by The Duke, 3 yrs, ist. 21b After the dead heat, won cleverly. The Gold Cup of 100 sots. (in specie) by Subs. of 10 sous. each. Two miles and a quartsr. _ . _ . Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Gasparoni, 3 yrs, fist. 91b W. Lund 1 Mr. Walters's br. h. King Cole, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b 2 Won by half a length. The Town Subscription Plate of 50/. for any horse, &c. Dlilo and a half heats. Mr. Tomes's gr. g. Isaac, aged, 9st. 61b ...Darling 1 1 Mr. I'. Walters's br. h. King Cole, 5 yrs, 9st. 11b... 2 2 Mr. 0. Gore's ch. c. by The Duke, 3 yrs, Gst. gib 3 3 Two well-contested heats. BEDFORD RACES.-7'HunsnAr. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, once round and a distance. 6 Subs. Mr. White's ch. h. Vagrant, aged, 9st. 21b R. Sly 4 1 1 Mr. Adams's b. f. Anne, 3 yrs, 7st Captain Henningsen's b. g. The Squire, aged, 9st. 21b 2 dr Mr. Hall's b. m. Jingle, 4 yrs, Sst. 21b 3 dr The Bedfordshire Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added by the County. Heats, two miles and a half. 4 Subs. Mr. Coleman's b. h. Calmuck, 5 yrs, 9st. llb Coleman 1 1 Mr. Bristow's br. h. Doctor Slop, 9st. llb Mr. Bruce's ro. m. Bodice, aged, 9st. 61b Mr. V. King's ch. h. Ratcatcher, wired, 9st. 61b 4 4 The Corporation and Town Plate of 501. Two mile heats. Mr. White's b. m. Surprise, 4 yrs, Set. 61b ......R. Sly 1 4 1 Mr. Grcatrex's ch. c. Kensington. 3 yrs, ist Mr. Faelconer's b. g. Honesty, 4 yrs, Set. 21b Sir. Mason's b. g. Nelsen, 4 yrs, 7st. 131 b Mr. Coleman's b. f. Olive, 3 yrs, Est. 111 b 3 de Handicap Stakes of 5 soya. each, 2 ft., and 20 added. Once round and a distance. Mr. Coleman's b. h. CalmUcc, 5 yrs, v l Ost Coleman 1 .11r. Faulconer's b. g. Honesty, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. Adamson's b. c. by Sir Bcnjamin,3 yrs, Est. 101 b Captain Graham's b. g. I've-changed-my-Name, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b 4 WALSALL RA (MS.—nu-psi). 4r. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for two years old. Last half mile. 3 Subs. Mr. T. Walters's May the First, Ast. 7lb R. Denham Mr. Fowler's Concordia, Ast. 41b Mr. E. Peel's Alzdorf, Ast. 7lb Won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, once round and a distance. 5 Subs. Mr. E. Peel's gr. c. Saul, 3 yrs, 7st. Sib ...Whitehouse 1 1 Mr. Rowell' s b. m . Th eano , by Waverley, 5 yrs, 9st. 11b... 2 2 Lord Warwick's b. c. by Brutandorf, 3 yrs, 7st. 31b 3 3 Won cleverly., Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats, once round and a distance, with three leaps in each heat. Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue, aged, 12st...Mr. Barker 1 1 Mr. Hodgson's b. m. The Lady, by Velocipede, 6 yrs, 12st bib 3 2 Mr. Cope's b. f. Kitty, 3 yrs, 9st. 121 b Mr. Aston's hr. li. Hercules ' 4 yrs, lOst. 91b ...... fell A good race. BREW OOD RACES.—TussnAr. ages,The t 0 P tns,hi two-mile 1 heatsSt a e l r V e i t 0‘)n0 in sous. four added heatsb fromy Mr.ti Fun .d, lord'sr , fo b. in. 13et se y, 6 ' yrs 9st. 41b. (L ear ), b ea ti ng Mr. Giffard's ch. f. 1 Jessie, 3 Trs , 7st. 71b. ; Mr. G. H o ly oa k e ' s b. f. E manc ip a tion, 3 yrs, 7st. ; Mr; H. 0. Pi got ' s gr. C. by Bedlamite 3 }'l' s, ist. 10th. (w 6n th e fi rst heat, but fell in the second); and Mr. C. Giffard's b. f. F ra il ty, 3 yrs. 71b. (fell). Good race. The Ladie s ' P urse, with a Sweepstakes added, for horses, &e., not thoroughbred,' &c., mile and a half h ea t s , were won in two heats by Mr. W. GifGiffard'sf. by L u df or d, 4 yrs,{ Bst. lib. (White house), beating Mr. M ars h a l l nd. bl. g. St. John, 5 yes, Bst. 81b. ; i a 1 _ Mr. Harris's b. f. Mary Harriet, 4 yrs, Bst. 11b. ; and Mr. Wal ker's ch. m. Moonlight, 5 years, Bst. 61b., by half a length. Some time between Saturday evening and Sunday morning some diabolical wretches, who, it is supposed, had secreted themselves in the %%lied belonging to Messrs. Wells and son in Trafalgar-st reet , li ghted a fire, but fortunately the intended conflagration of the premises was confined to the burning of a few grinders' tools.—Shellield Iris. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OF THE BOUNTY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar In Mincing. lane, and comparing the same against the price of foreign sugars : London, Sept. 28, 1638. The Gazette this day quotes tho average price of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 29a. 2d. Muscovado Sugars raised by free labour in the Manilla— which are frequently bought by the Dutch to be refined, and then to be resold in the River Thames—in competi. tion with British refined Sugars for exportation—are w.wth from 20s. to 235. per cwt. this week, being about 6s. 91 per cwt. less than the average price of West India Sugars. Refined Sugar, equal In quality to double refined (the manu facture of it costing ss. per cwt) has been sold this week (free on board) at Deducting shipping charges 2s. 2d. 31s. Id. which is IE, I Id. per cwt dearer only than the Muscovado Sugar from which it is made, being a loss to the sugar re finer of 3s. I d. per cwt., which the bounty on exportation reimburses him. British Treacle is worth 9s. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The same has been sold this day in London, free ofduty, at 255. 6d. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the British consumer of 16s. 6d, per cat., in other words 16s. 6d, per cwt. on Treacle paid by the poor man towards West India bounty, and not, as it is erroneously supposed, to. wards revenue. Coffee grown on a British Plantation is from 84s. to 90s, per cwt. dearer than than the same Coffee would be had it been the produce of a foreign colony—Lezause the duty on the former is only GI. per lb., while on the latter the duty is I sd. per lb. WEST INDIES. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM JAMAICA, DATED 14TH OF AUGUST, 1838. _ . The intelligence communicated to you in my last has been realized now fourteen days, and nothing can equal the good and orderly conduct of the peasantry. In this town the happy day was ushered in by the acclamations of thousands who had been praying till the clock struck twelve on the 31st of July. Some of the idle girls then went through the streets singing a song which they had composed, of which I caught as they passed nay house the following words : " Thank ye, Massa, free come ; Thank ye, Masses, slavery done." The air to which it was sung was a pleasing one; it sounded better than it reads on paper. The more sedate and sober negroes retired after twelve o'clock to rest, fur what was to take place in the morning. As soon as it was daylight on the following morning groups of negroes crowded the streets, con gratulating each other on the happy event. The Churches and different places of worship were crowded to an excess, and the 13ishop delivered in the parish Church a most excellent and impressive sermon on the occasion, which is to be printed. His Excellency, the Governor, had appointed two o'clock, to receive the offer of thanks from the body of Baptists in the pa rish, and a little before that hour, the procession, composed of nearly 3,000 persons, commenced moving from tho Rev. Mr. ' Philippo's Chapel, headed by a person bearing the union Jack, hoisted on a pole, (one of the strongest men I have seen) for the breeze was strong, and he continued to hold the pole erect, to enable the flag to over. Next, were some of their leaders and teachers, then came the children and teachers of the metropolitan school, next the youths, and then the Rev. Mr. Philippe headed the adults and older persons. There were fl:gs of different coloured silks, most of which were exe cuted by Mr. Ramsay of this town, and these flags bore the' names of the following personages, in large gold and silver letters : —Victoria, Sligo, Mulgrave, Brougham, Lionel Smith, and Sturge. There were many more flags with religious and other devices and inscriptions. The square opposite the King's House was crowded long before the procession came in sight, and every window and gallery of the public buildings were filled. When the bearer of the union. flag had turned the corner of the railing of the square, next the new buildings, the precession had sot finished leaving the corner in the main street opposite to the house formerly occupied by Mr. Sullivan. The whole square was in time filled, and there still remained a long train in the street, reaching as far as the gates of De. Turner's house. The sight was an imposing one for this country, and conducted with the greatest order and regularity, and there was not the least confusion or disturbance. They sung a hymn; and his Excellency, after receiving their homage, through Mr. Philippe, addressed them. They gave, at his Excellency's word, three cheers for our youthful Queen, and I assure you they made the square ring again, After this was over they moved off in a different direction back to their Chapel. In the afternoon there was scarcely a person to be seen in the streets, and not one drunken or disorderly person to be found, so that this great day, which was to be a day of murder and fire, passed eft" in the most harmonious and quiet manner. His Excellency attended a dinner given in the open air, at Dawkins Caymanas, by the class negroes of the Baptists of those estates, where three hundred negroes sat down at table. They erected a most beautiful bower of cocoa nut branches and flowers, and the table was laid inside. A tittle separated from their table, was one laid for his Ex cellency and their guests, and they were particularly cautious whom they asked. They invited the Governor and his Staff, and these were present. His Excellency, Captain Darling, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Bavness and his Lady, Mr. Philippo, (their Minister,) and his lady, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Ramsay. This party were conducted with the greatest regularity, and a better dinner has net I,;.!en seen in this colony for some time. Sir Lionel was highly pleased, and enjoyed himself at dinner, and they paid him every honour and respect, taking off the horses from his carriage, as soon as it appeared at the gate on the Kingston Road, and dra:eing it into the Caymanas. On Saturday last, as the Hero (Woreester and Newport coach) was on its way to the former town, and when near to the Belle Vue Hotel, Malvern, the axletree of the hind wheel broke, and the coach went over with great force. There was at the time the full complement of passengers, in. side and out, and we regret to state that Mr. H. Trar.t, of Malvern Wells, had his thigh hone fractured, and was also very much bruised; and the Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, of Birmingham, had his anc!e and foot sprained; the other passengers escaped with a few bruises. —Birmingham Advertiser. TIIE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—A man goes to his Minister to inform him of the death of his wife. " What will you give me for burying her?" asks the Priest. " I am poor," replies the applicant. " Well, give me your cow." " No, a cow is too valuable; I have a goose—you shall have that." " That is too little, I will not bury your wife for a goose ; pay be 30 rubles." " I will give 20." " No, I will take 20 and a shirt." And so the bargain is concluded, but cordiality is at an end. —Elliott's Three Great Empires. RAILWAY FROM MANCHESTER TO THE HUM BLa.—We learn that a survey of the proposed line from the Sheffield and Manchester Railway near Penistone to the Hum ber, is now proceeding under the superintendence of Mr. Lock, and that it is expected that he will in a short time be enabled to make his report upon its engineering merits. Shfifirll Iris. We regret to state that in the Derby, Nottingham, and Mansfield districts the silk hole and glove trades are in a most deplorable state. Not above one-fourth of the hands are partially employed ; and the jewellery business in this town is in I similar condition, and has been so throughout the year. This is a very poor prospect for winter. A few of these hands have sought employment on the railroads, but, ill-fitted as they are for this kind of lab our by t h e i r prev i ous em pl o y men t, it i s a painful alternative. —Derby Reporter. As the Ocean steam-boat was coming to the gang way to land her passengers, between six and seven o'clock this evening ( Monday), having just returned from a pleasure excur sion, the vessel having too much way, came in contact with a vessel lying at the quay. The concussion was so great that four people were thrown overboard, and one female named English, belonging to Gateshead, we regret to say, is drowned. —Tyne Mercury. BONDED VVIIEAT.—About 145,600 quarters of foreign wheat have been released from bond on payment of the duty of one shilling per quarter, at the Cu‘tom-house at this port, from the 15th to the 21st day of September, both inclu. sive, and it is expected that the amount upon which 2s. Bd. per quarter will be paid up to the conclusion of this day will be above 15,000 qrs.—Hull Advertiser. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. —The inhabitants of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhampstead, and places contiguous, have expressed great dissatisfaction at the course of conduct pursued by the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railroad. It appears that when the railway was first opened the faro to Boxmoor was two shillings and six pence. At that time the coach fare was four shillings. When the coaches had been obliged to desist from competition the Directors advanced their charge to three and sixpence, sub sequently to four shillings, and now to five ! The Falcon Cliff property, in the Isle of Man, was disposed of by lottery last week, and the principle prize, (1,5001.) fell into the hands of a gentleman in 11 Ianchester. At the end of the third day's drawing all the chief prizes were still in the wheel, in consequence of which a number of wealthy gentlemen purchased all the tickets remaining on hand, for which they gave the sum of 2,400/. ; and for this spirited conduct they were rewarded by the third and various smaller prizes, which amounted in value to 3,: 1 65/. ; thus clearing 1,4651. by their somewhat novel speculation.—Cum berland Packet. MICHAELMAS DAY, SEPT. 29.—1 t was a custom in Hertfordshire on this day for young men to assemble in the fields and choose a leader, whom they were obliged to follow through ponds and ditches, "over brake and briar"--so says the dil . gent antiquary, Brand. Every person they met with was taken up by the arms and " bumped," or swung against anther. A gallon of ale and a plumb-cake was furnished by each publican, and consumed in the open air. It was called "gauging day" in early times. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen to whom the Court of Examiners granted certificates of quali fication on Thursday :—Robert Francis Woollett, Usk, Mon mouthshire ; Benjamin North Arnold, Birmingham ; John Charles Thomas Nicoll, Worcester ; James Williamson, Nor thumberland; Henry Stephens, Exeter; John Morris Baynon, Haverfordwest ; John Jones, Dinas; Charles Henry Claridge; Samucl Robert Kay, Bolton-le-Moors ; Charles 'William Ot way, London. Yesterday a determined act of self-destruction was perpetrated by a highly -respectable man, named Henry Ro gers, aged 40, residing in East -street, Walworth. It appmrs that, owing to some misunderstanding with his wife, be bad been for some time estranged from his family, whom, however, he supported in a most respectable manner, as he held an e cellent situation in the East India House. The mode in which he pro cure d t h e po i son i s at present un k nown , but _ was discov ere d i n hi s apartment in a state o f i nsensi bility, and from thence couve)ed to St. Thomas's Hospital, _ e whe re _ the usual remedies w ere a d m i n i stere d, b ut w ith o ut effect. H left a widow, and, it is said, eight children. ACCIDENTS IN STEAM-VESSELS. A meeting on the subject — of steam-boat accidents too place in Newcastle-on-Tyne on Monday, the Mayor, Mr. T. E. Headlam, in the chair, who expressed his hearty approval of the objects for which the meeting had been called. Mr. Alderman RIDLEY moved the first resolution to the effect—" That this meeting sincerely accords with the genera/ feeling of sorrow for the serious loss of life occasioned by the wreck of the Forfarshire steam-vessel on the coast of Northum berland, and entertains a fear that it was in some measure to be attributed to some fault or deficiency in the machinery or the vessel." Mr. J. WATSON seconded the motion. Mr. W. LORAINE moved the second resolution—" That this meeting, contemplating the great use of steam navigation throughout the British empire, and the vast and rapid tension of that mode of conveyance, considers it to be the in dispensable duty of Government to provide, as far as possible, against the increased danger which is incurred in travelling by that means, the state of which means it is impossible for indi vidual passengers to examine." This was also seconded, and, on being put from the chair, was carried unanimously. Mr. M. PLUMMER proposed the third resolution i--" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the best means of pre venting a recurrence of similar accidents in future would be by the appointment of duly qualified persons as inspectors of steam-vessels to observe their state, and who should have the power of granting licenses or certificates of the sufficiency of the vessel, to be placed in some conspicuous part, to which the passengers might have access." Mr. W. H. BROCaETT seconded the motion, but before it was put, Mr. W. GREENER begged to say a few words on the subject of steam.boiler explosions. He stated his opinion that many of the accidents from this source were owing to the inferior quality of the iron employed in the formation of boilers. The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. STRAKER next addressed the meeting, and dwelt on the great 'importance of having a strong and powerful windlass, together with a heavy anchor, and cables of sufficient length and strength to correspond, so that if the machinery happened to go wrong, which the utmost vigilance of an inspector could not always prevent, the vessel might still ride in safety until assistance could be obtained. Mr. Straker concluded by moving a resolution to that effect, which was seconded by Mr. S. Lowey, and carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. HAWKS moved the fifth resolution. Every one seemed to be convinced that some measure was necessary to render travelling by steam more safe; they might differ on details, but they were all agreed on that important point. Tho only thing appeared to be to address the Queen for the ap pointment of an Inspector, and he would therefore move a re solution to that effect. Mr. J. BRANDLING said the resolution went to apply to Go vernment, and he must tell them that he rejoiced in the pre sent meeting, because it would tend to good, but it did not quite come to what he thought the most efficient way. A Government Inspector might be appointed, he would give in his Report, and the whole responsibility would rest upon him. Now, the steam boat proprietors themselves should do some thing to protect the public; and he thought they should be called upon as a body to appoint Inspectors, who should be responsible, and who should report upon the sufficiency of the vessels. He was not inclined to oppose the resolution, but he thought that something like what he recommended should take place. After a little discussion it was agreed that a copy of the resolutions and the memorial should be sent to steam-boat proprietors. Mr. J. H. HINDE, M. P. agreed with the meeting gene rally, as to having the steam-boats placed under proper autho rity, but he thought it would be better to present the memo rial to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with a view to' some measure being brought forward on the subject. He considered that the expense should form no Ob jection, for when not only property, but human life was at stake, no pecuniary circumstances should stand in the way. Many half-pay naval officers, for a trifling addition to their pay, would undert Ike the task. After some disc fission, it was agreed that the Members of the town should press the subject on the attention of the Go vernment. Mr. S. REED, the coroner, produced a letter be had re ceived from the Home-office, from which it appeared the Go vernment were likely to take the matter into consideration. Mr. J. BRANDLIN G proposed the next resolution, for raising subscriptions to reward those persons who risked their lives in saving the passengers of the Forfarshire. He had much pleasure in advocating this cause, because there was a female connected with it, and he was always ready to assist them by every means in his power. If ever there was a woman that well deserved the thanks of her country, it was the daughter of Darling. He did not like to raise any thing like jealousy, but no doubt they formerly called themselves lords of the creation, and they must now allow a female character to be no way inferior, for that woman exhibited a firmness of mind, a duty to her father, and a Cu y as a Christian, equal to any man in the country. Mr. Alderman RIDLEY seconded the motion. In consequence of a question from Mr. Straker, some con versation took place as to the danger incurred, in the course of which Mr. Joshua Watson said, that a female joining an old man in doing out in a rough sea, and the kind way in which they treated the sufferers, would affect any man in a great degree, and he could with the greatest pleasure have gone to view the place and see the girl. After some arrangements about the subscription the meet ina broke up, after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman. .—Tyne Mercury. The alterations in the mail communications be tween London and the West Ridina. of Yorkshire, which are about to take place in consequence of the whole line of rail way between London and Manchester, will, it is understood, be made on the quarter-day, the bth of next month, when the morning mail bags, for Rochdee, Halifax, Bradford, and Leeds, will leave London at 8 or 10 o'clock in the morning, via Manchester, and will be forwarded by the Manchester and York mail, which leaves Manchester at 8 o'clock on tha evening of that day, so that the morning letters and papers from London, which, are despatched on the forenoon of one day, will arrive in Leeds at two o'clock in the morning of the following day. Already the London Morning Papers, by an ar rangement with the railway proprietors, arrive in Leeds, by the Manchester mail, about 16 hours after their publication in London. The day mail from Leeds to Manchester, which now leaves this town at ten o'clock A.M., will not be de spatched after these arrangements are completed till a quarter past 11 in the forenoon, when it will convey the Leeds bag to Manchester, whence it will be forwarded to London by rail way, where the letters will be delivered the following morning. There will also be an evening mail from Leeds, by way of Manchester, to leave this place at about 7 o'clock, with the London letters, which will arrive there in time for delivery in the afternoon of the following by; and by that return mail the letters which leave London in the evening of each day will arrive at Leeds at about 2 o'clock is the afternoon of the following day, two hours earlier than at present, and similar accommodation, nay even still greater advantages, will be afforded to Bradford, Halifax, and Rochdale. By a memo rial presented to the Postmaster-General from the bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and other principal inhabitants of Leeds, an improvement has been suggested upon their plan, to the effect that a mail coach should be established to run direct to Leeds from Rugby, receiving at the latter place the letter-bags for Chesterfield, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wake field, and Leeds, without going round by Manchester. We should by this plan receive our letters at noon daily, instead of at four o'clock in the afternoon, as at present, or at two o'clock as proposed by the Manchester route; and the towns mentioned to the south of Leeds on this line would be bene fited by such acceleration of the mails in the same proportion. —Leeds Paper. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.--TWO LIVES LOST. —On Friday morning, about five o'clock, the Argyll steam boat left Inverary, on its way to Glasgow, and had proceeded but a short distance when she had the misfortune to run down a small " herring wherry," containing three persons, two Of whom (father and son), we are sorry to say, met a watery grave.. The individual who escaped is quite a lad, and was mainly in debted for his preservation to the pilot of the Argyll, who dis played much promptitude and presence of mind on the occa sion. The Argyll remained an hour on the spot, and neither men nor boat could be seen. The Captain then sent his vessel off to Glasgow, and remained behind to render assistance in searching for the bodies. The universal feeling among the passengers was, that no blame was attachable to the Captain. —Glasgow Herald. A fire broke out early on Thursday morning last in a rick of bay belong ing to Mr. Shepherd, of Muchall, in the parish of Penn, W olverhampton, by which much of the hay was either consumed or damaged. It was discovered soon after twelve o'clock, when the flames were breaking out at the top of the rick, but by the timely assistance of the neighbours and others drawn to the spot, the injury was confined to the rick in which the fire broke out. We are happy to learn that there is no reason to suppose it to be the work of an incen diary, as the fire is lydieved to be caused by the too hasty putting of the hay together, although about six weeks have elapsed since it was finished. The damage is estimated at nearly 100/. Wolverhampton Chronicle. FACTORY INFORMATIONS.—On Monday, at Rochdale, Mr. Edward Ainsworth, woollen-manufact urer, ply not guilty to eight informations for infringem en ts Factory Act. They were for not whitewashing his for not producing the register of ago and school vouch ers;aB not signing the rules and regulations; for not an o n f is t z h g e hours cient meal-time ; for banging up a false aecounsturgeon grant of working; for not exposing the name of the i s ill an abstract of ing certificates ; for not hanging up in b fir in g information Mr. the Act ; and for overworking. For the on the second, 1/. Ainsworth was convicted in 2/. and costtss.; The 4th, 6tb ! 6th, and costs ;on the third, in 21 . and nilo: thefor c°s The Bth was deferred and 7th informations were —anc CONVICTS.—In conse quence OF PA RD O NE D . s until that day fortnight. t c t f t 1 t w h r i tehe yea r s e a c g r o e , t a r a s y s o i s f t e S d t a h t e y ju-Valesster Guardian. Magistrate,free Burke, stipendiary a pardon was Major W. . teen persons from the neighbourhood of Dun more,granted to s ix teen fqoure the e e of I Homeou r Department, humble i n te . fe a r b e o n convicted Margaret Hussey, o H s o c s o s m ey m , on of As L s o iz w e h s e o r f ry t , h s e ix ab e d f u w c h ti o o t : of the in were ac tually at tho time in New South Wales. Wo are now proud - to coy that one of the six, the father of twelve children, once a c omfortable farmer, Edmond Murray, has returned within the last month in perfect health to his family. To Mr. Samuel March Phillipps, one of the Under Sheriffs, is the country indebted for this act of justice ; and it is but fair to add, that the gentlemen of the neighbourhood of Dunmore offered him a piece of plate, value 601., which etiquette con strained him to refuse.—Galway Advertiser. . erY ncY nc h ed. ) the Lor d Chs l ' l a ur - a n on ,e, an ;1 1 Vial r--